# Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ 12.100

Joannes Damascenus Scr. Eccl. et Theol. John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-damascenus-scr-eccl-et-theol-john-of-damascus/text/12.100

ἢ γὰρ τὸν ἕνα μισήσει καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ἀγαπήσει, ἢ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου καταφρονήσει· οὐ δύνασθε Θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ. γράφει δὲ καὶ ὁ ἠγαπημένος αὐτοῦ μαθητής, Ἰωάννης ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς καὶ θεολόγος, ἐν τῇ κατ’ αὐτὸν ἐπιστολῇ οὕτως· Μὴ ἀγαπᾶτε τὸν κόσμον, μηδὲ τὰ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ· ἐάν τις ἀγαπᾷ τὸν κόσμον, οὐκ ἔστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐν αὐτῷ, ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῆς σαρκὸς καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν καὶ ἡ ἀλαζονεία τοῦ βίου, οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρός, ἀλλ’ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἐστί. καὶ ὁ κόσμος παράγεται καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία αὐτοῦ· ὁ δὲ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Ταῦτα οὖν οἱ θεῖοι καὶ θεοφόροι Πατέρες ἡμῶν κατανοήσαντες, καὶ τοῦ Ἀποστόλου ἀκούσαντες, ὅτι διὰ πολλῶν θλίψεων δεῖ ἡμᾶς εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἔσπευσαν μετὰ τὸ ἅγιον βάπτισμα ἄμωμον καὶ ἀκηλίδωτον τὸ τῆς ἀφθαρσίας διατηρῆσαι ἔνδυμα· ὅθεν οἱ μὲν αὐτῶν καὶ ἕτερον προσέθεντο βάπτισμα προσλαβέσθαι, τὸ δι’ αἵματός φημι καὶ διὰ μαρτυρίου· βάπτισμα γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο ὠνόμασται, καὶ πάνυ γε τιμιώτατον καὶ αἰδεσιμώτατον· δευτέροις γὰρ οὐ μολύνεται ἁμαρτίας μολυσμοῖς· ὅπερ καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν καταδεξάμενος βάπτισμα εἰκότως ἐκάλεσεν. ἐντεῦθεν αὐτοῦ μιμηταὶ καὶ ζηλωταὶ γενόμενοι,

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John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, ed. George Ratcliffe Woodward, Harold Mattingly. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2934.tlg066.local001/.